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Yes, and most economists agree the stimulus was a success as do I. It created roughly 3.2 million jobs, had it been bigger and wasn't one third tax cuts which proved as ineffective as the bush tax cuts towards stimulation we would be a lot better off. Austerity measures should be undertaken after economic recovery not before. Republicans know this, but they also oops thatbthe president always gets blamed, that's why they are pushing heavily for spending cuts.